They launched their own wine club 12 years ago.
So Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan, professionally known as Richard and Judy, are naturally experts in the field as illustrated as they enjoyed a pub lunch at trendy watering hole The Wells Tavern in London last week.
The presenting duo appeared ready to take the party home as Richard was seen with a bottle of wine tucked beneath a newspaper before enjoying the spoils of spring with their convertible roof lowered following their meal.
Wine time: Richard Madeley and Judy Finnegan, professionally known as Richard and Judy, are naturally experts in the field as illustrated as they enjoyed a pub lunch at trendy watering hole The Wells Tavern in London last week
Richard looked low-key and relaxed as he headed out of the pub following their lunch as he appeared to have been tempted by a bottle, yet opted to take the wine home as he was the designated driver for the day out.
The 60-year-old showed off his youthful flare for fashion as he wore a varsity style jacket with stonewash jeans and a white crew neck T-shirt.
As he clutched onto a newspaper, between the sheets he held what appeared to be a bottle of wine – no doubt for when they arrived home.
Judy meanwhile kept things casual in a black V-neck top paired with loose-fitting trousers while she carried a jacket but seemed to enjoy the warm weather so shunned wearing the garment.
Some for home: The presenting duo appeared ready to take the party home as Richard was seen with a bottle of wine tucked beneath a newspaper before enjoying the spoils of spring with their convertible roof lowered following their meal
Casual: Judy meanwhile kept things casual in a black V-neck top paired with loose-fitting trousers while she carried a jacket but seemed to enjoy the warm weather so shunned wearing the garment
Trendy! Richard looked low-key and relaxed as he headed out of the pub following their lunch as he appeared to have been tempted by a bottle, yet opted to take the wine home as he was the designated driver for the day out
Look at me! The couple’s daughter Chloe previously posed in the same jacket as her dad
Edgy: The duo proved their trendy credentials as they headed to the cool pub
Clearly loving life, the duo lowered the roof on their cream Volkswagen Beetle as they took a spin following their languishing lunch.
Richard and Judy launched The Richard & Judy Wine Club over a decade ago and even published an accompanying book.
The pair, who also ran an extremely successful book club, have been candid about their love of fine wine. Chloe, Richard and Judy’s 29-year-old fitness buff daughter, spoke last year about her parents’ wine drinking, insisting she tries to positively influence them.
She said: ‘I try to influence my mum and dad’s diets. I try so hard to stop them eating all this crap, and they drink too much wine but they just want to enjoy themselves.’
In an interview with The Mirror in 2015, Judy blasted ‘malicious and utterly false rumours’ that the couple had any problems with alcohol: ‘People can be so ridiculous and unpleasant and cruel.
System up with the top down: Clearly loving life, the duo lowered the roof on their cream Volkswagen Beetle as they took a spin following their languishing lunch
Rude: In an interview with The Mirror in 2015, Judy blasted ‘malicious and utterly false rumours’ that the couple had any problems with alcohol: ‘People can be so ridiculous and unpleasant and cruel’
Hometime: The TV veteran sported sandals for her day out
Out and about:
Low-key: ‘Our programme was very successful and there were a lot of very envious people who wanted to destabilise it. And the easiest way to do that, they thought, was that if the hosts were married, try and pretend there was something wrong with the marriage’
‘I don’t want to go into all that crap again but there was a lot of rivalry and jealousy from certain people who were trying to launch a show. It was all very poisonous.
‘Our programme was very successful and there were a lot of very envious people who wanted to destabilise it. And the easiest way to do that, they thought, was that if the hosts were married, try and pretend there was something wrong with the marriage.
‘In fact, there was nothing ever wrong with our marriage. It was absolutely ridiculous and I don’t really want to go back over all that again. I’m so out the other side now.’
Heading off: ‘In fact, there was nothing ever wrong with our marriage. It was absolutely ridiculous and I don’t really want to go back over all that again. I’m so out the other side now.’
Off we go: The duo headed home after a day in the office
